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Six commissioners have been critised by transparency campaigners for profiting from their work in the EU executive (Photo: Thomas Hawk)

Commission rules to be 'improved' in light of revolving doors cases

The European Commission is looking to improve its code of conduct in the wake of a slew of revolving-door' episodes in which retiring commissioners and officials have gone on to well-paid jobs in the private sector in areas close to the dossiers they oversaw when working for the Brussels machine.

While the commission ethics committee has given a pass to all the commissioners who have taken on such work, with the executive arguing that it cannot prevent civil servants from working for pr...

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Six commissioners have been critised by transparency campaigners for profiting from their work in the EU executive (Photo: Thomas Hawk)

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